Admitted
1976, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., 1972; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., 1985
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Is the Illinois Brick Wall Crumbling?, 15 Antitrust (Summer 2001)(contains discussion of multistate litigation process); Interview with State Antitrust Enforcer, Kevin J. O'Connor, Wisconsin Department of Justice, 13 Antitrust 35 (Spring, 1999); Decentralisation of Enforcement of Community Law, R. Schuman Centre Annual on European Competition Law 1996 147-85 (Kluwer Law International, 1997); Roundtable Conference With Enforcement Officials, 64 Ant. L. J.749, 759 (1996); Legal Issues Concerning Unilateral Pricing Decisions, The Pricing Decision: A Strategic Planner for Marketing Professionals (Probus Pub., 1989); Law and Economics: Synergy or Collision, The Case of Predation, Issues After a Century of Federal Competition Policy (Lexington Books, 1987); A Legal and Economic Analysis of Predation, Ph.D. Dissertation, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986); The Divestiture Remedy in Sherman Act, Section 2 Cases, 13 Harv. J. Legis. 687 (1976). Co-author, National Association of Attorneys General, Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 4 Trade Reg.Rep.(CCH) 13,406 (1995); Vertical Restraints Guidelines, 4 Trade Reg. Rep (CCH) 13,400; Program for Coordination in Merger Investigations Between the Federal Enforcement Agencies and State Attorneys General, 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) 13,420. Assistant Attorney General, State of Wisconsin, 1981-2002, and Head of Antitrust Enforcement. Director, Office of Consumer Protection and Antitrust. Chair, Multistate Antitrust Task Force, National Association of Attorneys General, 1995-1998. Council Member, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, 1995-1998, 2002—. State Antitrust Enforcement Committee, Antitrust Law Section, American Bar Association, 1998-2001. Lecturer, Constitutional Law, Regulated Industries, Law and Economics, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1998-1991. Attorney General's representative on Wisconsin Insurance Security Fund Board, 1985-2002. Member, American Economic Association, 1980—.